Rhetorical Appeals
The use of facts or data used to persuade others?
What is Logos
The target group to whom the writer is speaking
What is Audience
This method of development is used to discuss similarities and differences on a specific topic.
What is Compare-and-Contrast
“My roommate said her philosophy class was hard, and the one I’m in is hard, too. All philosophy classes must be hard!”
What is Hasty Gen.
This is Mrs. Fort's favorite color
What is turquoise
The appeal to emotion
The surrounding information including time, location, and culture when considering a text
What is the Context
This method of development shows a logical connection between something that happens before an event and what eventually results after. (Or Visa Versa)
What is Cause-Effect
“Animal experimentation reduces our respect for life. If we don’t respect life, we are likely to be more and more tolerant of violent acts like war and murder. Soon our society will become a battlefield in which everyone constantly fears for their lives. It will be the end of civilization. To prevent this terrible consequence, we should make animal experimentation illegal right now.”
What is slippery slope
Name the three types of essays you will have to write on the AP Lang Exam (You have also written one of each of these in class)
What is Rhetorical Analysis, Argument, and Synthesis
The appeal used for credibility/morality
The authors persuasive intention
(will also take just Purpose)
This mode of development explains what something is OR describes what something is
What is Definition/Description
“Guns are like hammers—they’re both tools with metal parts that could be used to kill someone. And yet it would be ridiculous to restrict the purchase of hammers—so restrictions on purchasing guns are equally ridiculous.”
What was the name of the first two fish that Mrs. Fort had this year?
Who is Figment AND Figment 2.0
If an ad is using sad looking animals to get you to donate to their cause- what appeal is being used here?
The "Spark"
What is Exigence
What is narrative.
We should abolish the death penalty. Many respected people, such as actor Tom Hanks, who starred in the academy award winning film The Green Mile, have publicly stated their opposition to it.
What is Appeal to Authority
When is Mrs. Fort's Birthday?
Mrs. Fort comes in wearing a pant suit and is using jargon to address the class versus wearing ripped jeans and a crop top and talking like she does outside of school would help her establish WHAT?
What is credibility or ethos
Who is the father of rhetoric who first discussed the rhetorical triangle- Subject, Audience, and Purpose? (Hint- He's Greek)
Who is Aristotle
What method of development has the author present and issue and then discusses possible outcomes-almost like a math problem?
What is Problem/Solution
“Andrea Dworkin has written several books arguing that beauty magazines actually harm women. But Dworkin is just ugly and bitter, so why should we listen to her?”
What is Ad Hominem
Which Shakespearian comedy features an unruly daughter who is being forced to date a man who uses a psychological and physical torments in order for her to become more obedient, meanwhile her sister, Bianca, is the picture perfect model for what a woman should be like? (We read this in 2020!)
What is The Taming of the Shrew?